Science Education & Policy

Narratives In Medicine: The Story Behind The Science Could Help The Public

Anecdotes are not data, the saying goes, but people sure believe them.  An article in JAMA says doctors should consider the use of narrative, patient stories and testimonials, to boost public acceptance of health issues such as cancer screenings and vacci ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 11 2011 - 4:00am

Average UK 11-year-old Has "Adult Skills" In Technology

The online habits of UK tweens are forcing them into complex social situations that require adult skills. In today's tech-obsessed society, UK children, tweens (10- to 13-year-olds) and teens are spending more time online and with digital devices tha ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 15 2011 - 1:31pm

Doing The 'Right' Thing: Oil Subsidies And The Deficit

Turkey Day is coming, and with it, the deadline for Obama’s 12-member “Super Committee,” a group of Congress members tasked with carving $1.2 trillion off our national debt. If the bipartisan group can even reach a deal (so far, they’ve missed their own de ...

Article - Holly Moeller - Nov 18 2011 - 11:08am

Anti-Science EU: Water Does Not Prevent Dehydration

The EU is everything that can go wrong with bloated, inclusive bureaucracy.  Their proposed constitution had bits of bizarre legal fluff like 'children have a right to be heard', they don't want a strong currency because it damages their ind ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2012 - 1:12am

Dowsing Rods Instead Of Science In German Universities

Germany can again be recognized as a very special place regarding the sciences: The advantage of a hazelnut rod... is the possibility to attach test-nodes (Testnosoden) at the tip. This allows to search more aimed at different oscillation patterns. … on my ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 17 2016 - 9:25pm

No Scientists Left In Europe By 2020?

It isn't just Americans concerned about science, though Europeans seem a little dramatic about it.   Currently, America can only employ 16% of its Ph.D.s in academia, what most academics regard as 'science', so there is a glut of post-docs ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2011 - 12:25pm

The Kid Questions About Science That Parents Fear Most

Adult science literary has tripled since I was a kid, despite the shrill claims that teachers are incompetent, people are stupid and science education is "dismal" that we seen thrown around in consumer media and the advocacy-based segment of scie ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 19 2012 - 2:30pm

Is Your Child The Next Alan Turing?

Can your school-age child break this code? VS LBH NER NTRQ ORGJRRA RYRIRA NAQ FVKGRRA NAQ PNA ERNQ GUVF GURA JUL ABG RAGRE GUR NYNA GHEVAT PELCGBTENCUL PBZCRGVGVBA If so,  The School of Mathematics at The University of Manchester, where Turing helped devel ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2012 - 10:25pm

EU Citizens "Linguistically Disenfranchised" By Prevalence Of English

If you ask Europeans about the metric system, they declare America should get with the program because it is more popular. When it comes to speaking English, however,  barely a third of the EU's 500 million citizens speak English yet that is how the b ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2012 - 2:30pm

Experts Explain How To Choose A School By The Numbers

Last week I wrote a somewhat half-baked post describing simple numbers that parents can use to pick an elementary school (the first and second were solid!). This week, I called around to get experts’ take on the topic. Here’s what they said. ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Feb 15 2012 - 8:04am